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Comment overheard at oxford dictionaries (Score 1) 315

APU: hey mike, is GIFed a word?
MIKE: You mean like "I GIVED my kids turkey last nite? Of course it is. I use that word all the time - give, giving, gived
APU: "I GIFed my kids turkey" yea I guess that makes sense. GIF, GIFing, GIFed
...later that day...
APU: hey dave, is it pronounced "jif" or "ghiff"?
DAVE: as "in a jiff"?
APU: yea, like in "a gif"
DAVE: yea, pronounce it like a "j"
MIKE(from across the room): IT'S GHIFF YOU IDIOT!
DAVE: hey, you know our policy - if you are not sure put both
APU: I can't believe that's not in the dictionary already! this should be word of the year! you guys think I should ask the boss?
MIKE & DAVE: nah, its obvious!

Comment Standards compliance is not the issue (Score 1) 373

the issue is the popularity of webkit on the mobile platform. Both iOS and android both supported it from the start, then blackberry and PS Vita adopted it because they were to lazy to fix there own engines. Now you want IE to do the same?! These extensions were prefixed BECAUSE they are non-standard and now that they are standardized both iOS and android have used the standard syntax for at least the last 4 releases. There is diversity on the desktop which is why these prefixes are ok on the desktop - everyone except for IE uses them and when a prefixed style is popular enough then they work towards standardization which is what helps the web grow. This is why diversity in the browser space is so important. We used to complian about IE on the desktop because of there popularity but we have a good balance of market share on the desktop now between gecko, webkit, and IE (I imagine opera is even seeing better support these days as a side-effect). Microsoft is just complaining because they are now seeing the flip-side of the coin in the mobile market - AND THEY ARE RIGHT! If android shipped with firefox instead of webkit then we wouldn't have this issue since the market would then be divided, somewhat evenly, between iPhone and Android

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